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US5597222A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Optical relay lens system for projection displays

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1995-01-17
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Granted: 1997-01-28
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Expires: 2015-01-17
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Abstract

Abstract A projection display which includes reflective light valves such as liquid crystal spatial light modulators, and a 1× optical relay lens system. The 1× optical relay lens system eliminates the requirement for a projection lens having a large retrofocus distance. Projection displays based upon reflective liquid crystal light valves (spatial light modulators) require dichroic beam splitters necessary for color separation and a polarizing beam splitter necessary for light valve operation positioned between the light valves and the projection lens. The 1× optical relay lens produces a relayed intermediate image of the light valves, and incorporates therein the dichroic beam splitters and the polarizing beam splitter. The 1× optical relay lens produces an intermediate image which is projected by the projection lens at a given magnification with minimal working distance, which results in relatively less residual lateral color and an inexpensive projection lens.

Inventors

  • 👤 Fuad E. Doany
  • 👤 Rama N. Singh

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 12:16
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/31; H04N9/3141; H04N9/315; H04N9/3152; G; G02; G02B; G02B13/00; G02B13/0095; H04N9/3102; H04N9/3105

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 99 words
Apparatus for projecting onto a screen a first image at a first wavelength, a second image at a second wavelength, and a third image at a third wavelength, comprising: means, including a 1× relay lens, a color splitting prism assembly positioned on a first side of said 1× relay lens, and a polarizing prism assembly positioned on a second side of said 1× relay lens, for combining said first image, said second image and said third image to form a substantially superposed relayed image; and means for projecting an image of said substantially superposed relayed image onto a screen.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 99 words
Apparatus for projecting onto a screen a first image at a first wavelength, a second image at a second wavelength, and a third image at a third wavelength, comprising: means, including a 1× relay lens, a color splitting prism assembly positioned on a first side of said 1× relay lens, and a polarizing prism assembly positioned on a second side of said 1× relay lens, for combining said first image, said second image and said third image to form a substantially superposed relayed image; and means for projecting an image of said substantially superposed relayed image onto a screen.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polarizing prism assembly comprises a glass polarizing beam splitting cube.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 53 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the glass for the color splitting prism assembly and the glass for the polarizing prism assembly are equally split and located on the object and image sides of the 1× relay lens to provide a large working distance in glass without resulting in residual lateral color.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 30 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said color splitting prism assembly comprises a crossed dichroic beam splitter cube, and said polarizing prism assembly comprises a polarizing beam splitter cube.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 48 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the sizes of said beam splitter cube and said polarizing beam splitter cube are substantially equal, resulting in a 1× symmetrical lens, such that the assembly is free from coma, distortion of lateral color, and is corrected for any remaining aberrations.

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